"Felix Karpfen" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 08 Jul 2005 08:48:28 -0600, Mike Avery wrote
> (<mailman.9.1120834108.6853.rec.food.sourdough@mai l.otherwhen.com>):
>
>> Mike Miruski wrote:
>>
>>> [quoted text muted]
>> Or get a copy of "Breads from Laurel's Kitchen" and follow her very
>> complete instructions.
>>
> The missing item in these instructions is "a good reason for trying to
> make desem bread".
>
> What does the desem route have to offer that would warrant the extra
> effort?
>
Bugger-all AFAICT! Might be worth trying if you lived in a covered wagon
travelling through the outback, but then, you'd probably be eating damper:-)
Graham